Staff Infrastructure Engineer

CI Financial•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Join a team that values your ambition and empowers your growth. At Corient, we help high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families to enjoy a full life, while enabling them to preserve their wealth for future generations, and provide for the people, causes and communities they care about. We focus on exceeding expectations, simplifying lives, and establishing legacies that last for generations. We are always looking for talented and motivated individuals to join our team. If you want to work for a company that values your contributions and supports your growth, we would like to meet you.

Requirements

8+ years of platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE engineering experience
Deep expertise in Azure (AKS, IAM, VPC, networking, security)
Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
Experience with performance and observability tooling such as Datadog, Prometheus, Splunk, Grafana, ELK, New Relic, or new generation AI dev ops tools.
Proficient in at least one of Python, Go, or TypeScript for automation and tooling
Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, and compliance frameworks
Hands-on experience with serverless platforms (Azure Functions, AWS Lambda) and event-driven architecture
Excellent communication skills and a bias toward action
Must be 18 years of age or older.
Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States.
For U.S. employment opportunities, Corient hires U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
Corient will require proof of work authorization.
Must be willing to execute Corient’s Employee Agreement or Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement, which require, among other things, post-employment obligations relating to non-solicitation, confidentiality, and non-disclosure.

Nice To Haves

Experience in regulated industries (FinTech, Wealth Management, Healthcare)
Background in M&A infrastructure integration
Multi-cloud experience (Azure, GCP)
Experience with Databricks, data platform engineering, or modern data stack
SOC2, FINRA, or SEC compliance experience

Responsibilities

Cloud administration: Design/build Corient’s cloud platform foundation across Azure (with potential multi-cloud Azure exposure with multi-tenant Azure and multi-geo for Microsoft 365)
Develop infrastructure-as-code frameworks using Terraform, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines that enable self-service developer workflows
Data Protection, Backup, and DR (Disaster Recovery): Design and implement multi-region availability and DR strategies to ensure business continuity, RTO/RPO compliance, and resilience for mission-critical wealth management systems
Database and storage backup monitoring
Infrastructure monitoring and incident management: Build observability, reliability, and security guardrails onto the platform from day one
Establish real-time monitoring and continuous surveillance of system health (e.g., 3rd party data pipelines).
Incident response, serving as first line of defense for outages. This includes troubleshooting bottlenecks and executing RCAs (Root Cause Analysis) for continuous improvement.
Security and Compliance Enforcement: Patch management – establish process and reviews to ensure security standards are maintained
Audit readiness - Partner cross-functionally with Security, Data, and Application Engineering to deliver enterprise-grade infrastructure that meets ICFR, SOC-1, SOC-2, ISO 27001, and SEC compliance requirements
Establish Kubernetes (EKS) standards including cluster architecture, networking, autoscaling, and cost optimization
Contribute to M&A infrastructure integrations as Corient continues its acquisition strategy
Architect serverless solutions using Azure Functions, AWS Lambda, and event-driven patterns to optimize cost, scale, and operational efficiency
Build runbooks and standardized procedures for rapidly deploying infrastructure during M&A integrations, enabling repeatable, low-friction onboarding of acquired company environments
Mentor and influence - even as an individual contributor, you’ll set technical direction and raise the engineering bar across the team